, March 28 -- Educational institutions in Bangladesh from primary to higher secondary levels are set to reopen on Sunday after a nearly 40-day closure for Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitr.

Although the holiday officially ended on Thursday (March 26) classes will resume on March 29 following the weekly Friday and Saturday holidays.

According to the revised academic calendar, the vacation began on February 19 and continued until March 26.

Earlier, on March 8, the Ministry of Education decided to keep all English-medium schools closed for the entire duration of the government-declared Ramadan and Eid holidays.

The decision was taken at a meeting on policy formulation for English-medium schools and coaching centres, held at the Secondary and Highe...